Board of Directors

* denotes executive committee member

  • Peyton Anderson, MBA
    CEO
    Affinergy, Inc.
  • John L. Atkins III, FAIA*
    Treasurer, Board of Directors
    Chairman and CEO
    O'Brien/Atkins Associates, PA
  • George B. Briggs
    Executive Director
    The North Carolina Arboretum
  • John F.A.V. Cecil*
    Secretary, Board of Directors
    President
    Biltmore Farms LLC
  • Sue W. Cole*
    Principal
    Granville Capital, Inc.
  • Michael T. Constantino*
    Managing Partner
    Ernst & Young LLP
  • Mr. J. Keith Crisco
    Secretary, Department of Commerce
    State of North Carolina
  • Stephanie E. Curtis, Ph.D.
    Professor and Director of Academic Programs
    NC State University
  • Richard H. Dean, M.D.
    Retired President and CEO
    Wake Forest University Health Sciences
  • J. Donald deBethizy, Ph.D., DABT*
    President and CEO
    Targacept, Inc.
  • John F. Del Giorno, JD
    Vice President, State Government Affairs
    GlaxoSmithKline
  • Victor J. Dzau, M.D.*
    Chancellor for Health Affairs, Duke University
    President and CEO, Duke University Health System
  • David P. Friedman, Ph.D.
    Associate Dean for Research
    Wake Forest University School of Medicine
  • Heinrich Gugger, Ph.D.
    CEO
    Quiescence Technologies LLC
  • Ken R. Harewood, Ph.D.
    Director and Professor
    NC Central University
  • John Jackson Hunt
    Former Legislator
  • Garheng Kong, M.D., Ph.D.
    General Partner
    Intersouth Partners
  • Steven Leath, Ph.D.
    Vice President of Research
    The University of North Carolina
  • Howard N. Lee
    Executive Director
    North Carolina Education Cabinet
  • Deirdre M. Mageean, Ph.D.
    Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies
    East Carolina University
  • Ernest Mario, Ph.D.
    Chairman and CEO
    Capnia
  • William F. Marzluff, Ph.D.
    Executive Associate Dean of Research
    UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Patricia R. Morton*
    Vice Chair, Board of Directors
    Partner
    Franklin Street Partners
  • Stephen R. Mosier, Ph.D.
    Vice Chancellor for Research and Federal Relations
    UNC-Charlotte
  • Marvin Moss, Ph.D.*
    Professor
    UNC-Wilmington
  • Arthur M. Pappas*
     Chairman, Board of Directors
    Managing Partner
    Pappas Ventures
    Biography
  • Michael R. Pavia, Ph.D.*
    Entrepreneur-In-Residence
    Oxford Bioscience Partners
  • Milton L. Prince
    President and CEO
    Coastal Carolina Cotton Gins
  • Scott Ralls, Ph.D.
    President
    North Carolina Community College System
  • Gerald F. Roach
    Partner
    Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
  • Lynne Scott Safrit, CCIM, CCP
    President
    Castle & Cooke, North Carolina
  • James N. Siedow, Ph.D.
    Vice Provost for Research
    Duke University
  • E. Norris Tolson*
    President and CEO
    North Carolina Biotechnology Center
  • Steve Troxler
    Commissioner
    North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
  • P. Kay Wagoner, Ph.D.
    President, CEO and Director
    Icagen, Inc.
  • Tony G. Waldrop, Ph.D.
    Vice Chancellor
    Research and Economic Development
    UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Eric R. Ward, Ph.D.
    President
    Two Blades Foundation
  • Benjamin R. Yerxa, Ph.D.
    Executive Vice President and Chief, Research and Development
    Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Board Staff:

  • Patty Gravinese
    Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
  • William Pappas
    Counsel and Assistant Secretary
    Parker, Poe, Adams and Bernstein L.L.P.
  • Julie Ungaro
    Senior Executive Assistant